Everett Ellis Briggs

Everett Ellis Briggs
United States Ambassador to Portugal
In office May 25, 1990 – September 3, 1993
President	George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Edward Morgan Rowell
Succeeded by	Elizabeth Frawley Bagley
16th United States Ambassador to Honduras
In office November 4, 1986 – June 15, 1989
President	Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	John Arthur Ferch
Succeeded by	Cresencio S. Arcos, Jr.
United States Ambassador to Panama
In office October 29, 1982 – February 24, 1986
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Ambler Holmes Moss, Jr.
Succeeded by	Arthur H. Davis, Jr.
Personal details
Born	(1934-04-06) April 6, 1934 (age 90) Havana, Cuba
Parent	Ellis O. Briggs (father)
Alma mater	Dartmouth College
Profession	Diplomat

Everett Ellis Briggs (born April 6, 1934, in Havana, Cuba) is a United States diplomat.

Briggs was born in Havana, Cuba in 1934, to Ellis Ormsbee Briggs and Lucy Barnard Briggs,^[1] where his father was stationed as a U.S. diplomat.^[2]

He is an alumnus of Dartmouth College.^[3]

He served as United States Ambassador to Panama from 1982 to 1986, United States Ambassador to Honduras from 1986 to 1989, and United States Ambassador to Portugal from 1990 to 1993. He also served abroad in Bolivia, Occupied Berlin, Angola, Paraguay and Colombia.

He worked to indict Manuel Noriega, during his term in Panama.^[4] He was Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, on the National Security Council.^[5]

He was president of the Americas Society and Council of the Americas.^[6]

He is the author of two memoirs, Ambassador's Apprentice and Honor to State (2018).

References

1. "Everett Briggs". NNDB. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
2. "Career diplomat was literally born to be a U.S. ambassador". New London, Connecticut: The Day. 25 September 1984. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
3. "Alumni Ambassadors". Dartmouth Club of Washington, D.C. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
4. Everett Ellis Briggs (September 10, 2007). "Our man in Panama". The New York Times.
5. "Archives and Research - George Bush Library and Museum".
6. "The Cuba Center for a Free Cuba". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-05-13.

Sources

• Everett Ellis Briggs at The Political Graveyard
• Appearances on C-SPAN

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Ambler Holmes Moss, Jr.	United States Ambassador to Panama 1982–1986	Succeeded by Arthur H. Davis, Jr.
Preceded by John Arthur Ferch	United States Ambassador to Honduras 1986–1989	Succeeded by Cresencio S. Arcos, Jr.
Preceded by Edward Morgan Rowell	United States Ambassador to Portugal 1990–1993	Succeeded by Elizabeth Frawley Bagley